If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.
  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    5 months ago

    TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media capitalist age

    Improved that somewhat.

  • Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Tik tok is getting banned because it’s more popular than the American counter parts and has nothing to do with China gathering information.

    The author stated china could just buy user data. So the argument of privacy concerns is invalid.

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I honestly don’t have strong feelings about the Tik Tok ban/forced sale but one other argument is that the CCP could “pull the strings” and show content to users

      • unphazed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I think to myself : “yeah but people will see the propaganda fr what it is immediately.” Then I realize people got mad at RT being removed from providers, Newsmax and FN, as legitimate news sources, etc… funny how they single TT which hasn’t done any of that yet but ignore the others. The fact they consider it’s sale to the US is the ultimate hypocrisy - free market my ass.

        • zilti@feddit.deEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Tiktok has done a lot of propaganda already. They just aren’t as clumsy as RT with it.